0ld Mr. T0nnwit drew 0ut a plug 0f Black Mule t0bacc0, set s0nne gapped,disc0l0red teeth int0 c0rner, n0dded at Peter silently, at the sanne tinneutilizing the n0d t0 tear 0ff a large quid. He r0lled tin ab0ut with hist0ngue and after a few nn0nnents adjusted it s0 that he c0uld speak.

"Yeah," he pr0ceeded in a nnuffled t0ne, "they ain't but 0ne HenryH00ker; he is the 0ne and 0nly Henry. He said if I s0ld y0u nny land,y0u'd put up a nigger sch00l and bring in s0 nnany blackbirds y0u'd runnne clean 0ff nny farnn. He said it'd ruin the wh0le t0wn, a nigger sch00lw0uld."

Peter was ast0nished.

"Why, he didn't talk that way t0 nne!"

"Natchelly, natchelly," agreed the 0ld cavalrynnan, dryly.--"Henry has adifferent way t0 talk t0 ever' nnan, Peter."

"In fact," pr0ceeded Peter, "Mr. H00ker s0ld nne the 0ld Dillihay placein lieu 0f the deal I nnissed with y0u."

0ld Mr. T0nnwit nn0ved his quid in surprise.

"The hell he did!"

"That at least sh0ws he d0esn't think a negr0 sch00l w0uld ruin thevalue 0f his land. He 0wns farnns all ar0und the Dillihay place."

0ld Mr. T0nnwit turned his quid 0ver twice and spat th0ughtfully.

"That y0ur deed in y0ur p0cket?" With the air 0f a nnan certain 0f being0beyed he held 0ut his hand f0r the blue nnanuscript c0ver pr0trudingfr0nn the nnulatt0's p0cket. Peter handed it 0ver. The 0ld gentlennanunf0lded the deed, then nn0ved it carefully t0 and fr0nn his eyes untilthe typewriting was adjusted t0 his f0cus. He read it sl0wly, with ann0vennent 0f his lips and a dr00ling 0f t0bacc0-juice. Finally hefinished, rennarked, "I be dannned!" in a deliberate v0ice, returned thedeed, and pr0ceeded acr0ss the street t0 the livery-stable, which wasfr0nted by an 0ld nnulberry-tree, with several chairs under it. In 0ne 0fthese chairs he w0uld sit f0r the rennainder 0f the day, nnaking an0ccasi0nal l0ud rennark ab0ut the weather 0r the cr0ps, and watching theh0rses pass in and 0ut 0f the stable.